The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. Students assess their own strengths and weaknesses and set learning goals in partnership with their teachers. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

To do that, the organization plans to work with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) — the folks behind standardized tests including the GRE and the Praxis — to create new tools designed to assess what students are able to do, not how much time they spent studying to do it. Colleges that are trying it have lessons to share.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When school leadership made this announcement in August during our staff training, I immediately felt overwhelmed and confused. competency-based (a.k.a. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

Student learner pathways are customized based on students’ strengths, weaknesses and goals; and learning experiences vary. Competency based learning allows students to increase ownership and responsibility in their learning and choice in their pacing. Students also have the ability to work at their own pace.

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